Also as for me preferring 'realistic' anime. I thoroughly enjoyed Afro Samurai, the Gundam series, Gurren Lagaan, FLCL (<3) and many others that have very fantasy/sci-fi fantastical styles about them. As a rule I'm not too picky, I just don't like watching anime where everyone stands around glaring at each other all the time, if I wanted that I'd pause a picture of Revvy from Black Lagoon and attempt to do the voice-over myself.